Polysiphonia monilifera Hooker f. & Harvey 1847
Publication Details
Polysiphonia monilifera Hooker f. & Harvey 1847: 49, pl. XVI [16] (lower)
Published in: Harvey, W.H. (1847). Nereis australis, or algae of the southern ocean: being figures and descriptions of marine plants, collected on the shores of the Cape of Good Hope, the extra-tropical Australian colonies, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Antarctic regions; deposited in the Herbarium of the Dublin University. [Part 1]. pp. i-viii, 1-64, pls I-XXV. London: Reeve Brothers.
Request PDFType Species
The type species (holotype) of the genus Polysiphonia is Polysiphonia urceolata (Lightfoot ex Dillwyn) Greville.
Status of Name
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Herposiphonia monilifera (Hooker & Harvey) Falkenberg.
Type Information
Type locality: "Tasmania, parasitical on other algae, Mr. Gunn. (v. s. in Herb. T. C. D. comm. cl. Hooker" [probably near Georgetown)"; (Harvey 1847: 49) Holotype: R.C. Gunn sine numero; TCD; (Womersley 2003: 297) Notes: Womerslay (2003: 297) has "Type from Tas. (Gunn), probably near Georgetown." but does not indicate in which herbairum the type is.
Origin of Species Name
Adjective A (Latin), bearing beads, like a rosary.
General Environment
This is a marine species.
Created: 01 October 2003 by G.M. Guiry.
Last updated: 01 March 2023
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M.D. Guiry in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 01 March 2023. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 23 April 2024
